The Emporia weekly news. [volume] (Emporia, Kan.) 1881-1889, 1887-01-27
GERMANY ALARMED.

able that France ID collecting on the from
tier more troops than the fortressss and
garrisons are able 70 shelter.
FoRBIDDING IMPORTATION.
The National Zsitlng re.afirms the
statement that An order forbiddipH the
expectation of horses will shortly be is
sued.
TEE EMPERoR's THANKS.
Emperor william to-day received .
from the upper house OF the
lAndtAg and repeatedly thanked them
for their loyal and patriotic assurances.
He said ''you may repeat publicly
the country that l was
grisved by the vote OF the reichetag
on the army bill, but you
have filed my heart with balm. We
had shown the necessity for our demands
and did not expect refusal because the
new measure rendered to diminish the
danger Of war" The North German
Prince Bismarck's organ, speak
ing OF the organization Of the Red Gross
society. says the army may speedily de-
mAnd its help.
REWARD OFFERED.
LONDON, Jan. 2O.-Ths Rothschilds
and other wealthy Hebrews offered . re-
waro for the discovery Of the persons
who gave the false alarm Of fire at the
hall in Spitalfield on Tuesday night and
caused the panic and terrible loss of life
which followed. A subscription list has
been opened for the relief Of the relatives
Of the victims Of the disaster.
RESIGNED.
ROME, Jan. 20-CArdinsl Jacobini has
resigned the office OF pontinoal secretary
Of state.
TEE LONDON HORROR.
LONDON, Jan. 19.-The hall in Prince
tEeet, Spital fields, where the fatal panic
occurred last night Is favOrite resort
for the Jews OF that part Of London.
Last evening a benefit performance was
given and the place was crowded.
During the progress Of the play man
and woman quArrelled In the street out
side and near the main doorway Of the
hall. The man used violence and the
woman screamed. Her cries were heard
by a passer by, who misunderstood them
and shouted 'tfire." The WomAn's
screams and the cries Of fire were heard
inside, and at once created panic and
the audience, numbering 500, rising In q
body, rushed pen nell for the main
entrance. The manager Of the Hebrew
dramatic club, which was giving the en-
was on the stage when the
panic began. He perceived at once that
there was no good reason for 1t and did
all In his power to allay the excitement
and to offer ali possible facilities for the
exit of the people. He had all
exits thrown wide open and
called on the people when they
would not remain TO use all the door
ways, but they paid no attention to him
and increased their eXertlons to get out.
The whole crowd, as IL with one impulse,
made for the main entrance. IL hap
pened that among those who first
reached il were a number OF women and
children who had been occupying rear
seats. They were over borne by strong
or men attempting to pass them, and as
the women and children fell at the door
way, like stumbling blocks they tripped
up others, who were crushed down by
the rush of the frantic crowd. 1t took
but few minutes to empty the house,
and the alarm was 30 thorough that not
q soul among the entire audience re-
Trained from the struggle 20 get out.
When the people, after reaching the
streets, ascertained the facts of
the situation, scene of great
Of another kind ensued, caused
by the discovery that . number were
missing. Then q rush back was made.
This however, was stopped at the main
entrance by the police, who arrived and
control. Seventeen cOrpses
were found inside the theatre near the
door. They were all torn, crushed and
disfigured. 1t vas found that Of the
dead twelve were women, three were
boys, one was girl and the other man.
The remains were almost unrecogniz-
able. Eye Witnesses say that the way
strong men, who gOI the uppermost In
the struggle at the door, crushed and
trAmpled on those who fell down
made the conflict indescribably ruthless
and brutal, although, OF course, not will
full, 1t being supreme case OF "every
one for HIMSELF Ii ia stated a number
Ct infants, carried In their mothers arms
and chung to through the panic, were
aIso crushed or smothered to death, and
that q number Of others are fatally in
iured. The scene during the attempted
return of the crowd was painful in the
extreme. The bereaved friends remained
&c the door ways all night waiting TO have
their dead restored to them, and the Ia
of the women were heart
breaking. The police have been given q
number of contradictory stories about the
cause Of the panic. One story is that
pose Of getting an opportunity 70 despon
many of the rich JeWesses in the hall Of
the costly jewels they bore on their per-
sons to the entertainment.
LATER.-The hall to-day resembles q
discarded auction room with navy blood
spots on the backs of ibe chairs, II or rLL
GhGsiIy knots of hair clingiDg to the fur
niture. Several escapes were made
through windows, the me- at of which are
badly smashed. The bodies found at the
bottom of the stone stairs leading to the
gallery, show that terrible struggle took
place between the front Of the crowd,
rushing from the main floor, and the
leaders Of the thrOng whlch rushed down
the gallery stairs. The dead lay mostly
in two opposing 70 rs, the feet of each
row close TO those Of the other. One row
of heads lying toward the gallery stair
Way, the other toward the opposite side
of the hall. The faces of the dead are
distorted with Agonized expressions. The
clothes were completely torn from the
bodies of the same. A little girl since
identified as Eva Marks was found lying
at the foot of the heap OF dead bodies
with her lower limbs bare. At the
upper part the dress was torn into
Life. Isaac Levi, q venerable Hebrew,
with white flowing beard and hair was
found among the dead. He and his wife
were regular attendants et the perform
ance. They always sat near the door. It
IL thought from the position in which his
body was found that Levi, instead of fiee-
ing alone when the panic started re-
manned to help his wife, 30 the old man
was brushed down by the rushing crowd
and stamped to death. His wife's
body lay opposite. The woman
was in the prime of life and wore bright
IL cOlored clothes and q quantity of
iewelry. Besides her lay o little boy,
whose knickerDoeker and stockings were
torn into shreds. A man named Harris
Goldberg says he went to the gallery of
the hall accompanied by his wife and
family. They all sat together. The
play was q melodramA called "The
Spanish Gyspy Girl" During the per-
Torrance some boys In order TO obtain q
better view Of the stage climbed up the
gas pipe fixed along the wall. This
strained and started leak. Goldberg
placed q handkerchief over the leak
when some one shouted: "Turn
of the meter" This shout, raised Eimu1-
taneously with cry Of alarm from one Of
the actors on the stage. Then the
people in the gallery rose and rushed
headIong down the stairs. Goldberg q
wife w6s torn away from him and
trampIed to death. His 6-yeaE-old son
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